{"product_id":"9780141916545","title":"The Life of St Teresa of Avila by Herself","description":"Born in the Castilian town of Ávila in 1515, Teresa entered the Carmelite convent of the Incarnation when she was twenty-one. Tormented by illness, doubts and self-recrimination, she gradually came to recognize the power of prayer and contemplation - her spiritual enlightenment was intensified by many visions and mystical experiences, including the piercing of her heart by a spear of divine love. She went on to found seventeen Carmelite monasteries throughout Spain. Teresa always denied her own saintliness, however,  saying in a letter: 'There is no suggestion of that nonsense about my supposed sanctity.' This frank account is one of the great stories of a religious life and a literary masterpiece - after Don Quixote, it is Spain's most widely read prose classic.","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119778185456,"sku":"9780141916545","price":10.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780141916545_p0.jpg?v=1763656115","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780141916545","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}